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Oracle OpenWorld General Sessions

Oracle OpenWorld General Sessions

If you missed any or all of the dynamic and informative Oracle OpenWorld keynotes or some of the interesting and inspiring general sessions or Executive Solution sessions, you can access them at any time, at your convenience. Here's where you'll find them.

 
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Applications


Oracle Applications

Tuesday, October 4 | 10:15 a.m. Moscone - Hall D

Want to know where Oracle Applications are headed? Come to this general session and kickoff of the Oracle Applications tracks at Oracle OpenWorld. You'll hear the key highlights of the past year in terms of new software delivery across the entire Oracle Applications portfolio; you'll learn about the scope trends and future development plans; and most of all, you'll get a high-level view that will help you attend the right sessions to make the most of your time at Oracle OpenWorld.


Oracle E-Business Suite—Vision, Strategy, and Roadmap

Monday, October 3 | 11:00 a.m. Moscone West - 3002/3004

In this session, hear from Oracle E-Business Suite General Manager Cliff Godwin as he delivers an update on the Oracle E-Business Suite product line. This session covers the value delivered by the current release of Oracle E-Business Suite, the momentum, and how Oracle E-Business Suite applications integrate into Oracle's overall applications strategy. You'll come away with an understanding of the value Oracle E-Business Suite applications deliver now and will deliver in the future.


JD Edwards 9 Is Now!

Monday, October 3 | 11:00 a.m. Westin St. Francis - California East/West

In this session, Lyle Ekdahl, group vice president and general manager of JD Edwards, shares with the JD Edwards community the vision for the new era of ERP and strategic direction for Oracle's JD Edwards EnterpriseOne and JD Edwards World. Learn about the JD Edwards Release 9 strategy and how it is delivering solutions in applications, technology, and integrations that are yielding more simplicity and higher productivity for JD Edwards users while driving down the total cost of ownership for your organization. Ekdahl reveals the JD Edwards plan as it relates to the overall Oracle Applications strategy. Discover the momentum rising within the JD Edwards customer community as it embraces this Release 9 strategy and proudly proclaims, "We run our business on JD Edwards!"


Deloitte

CRM—How Technology Disruptions Catalyze Customer Relationships

Sponsored by Deloitte

Monday, October 3 | 12:30 p.m. Moscone West - 2002/2004

Disruptions is not a dirty word in business. In fact, the most-significant advancements in our economy in general and technology in particular have come to those who seize rather than shy away from disruptive elements. Attend this session to learn about the most significant CRM disruptions and see firsthand how Oracle is innovating in these key areas to deliver ever-higher levels of customer effectiveness. See a wide range of demos featuring current and next-generation Oracle CRM technology.


PeopleSoft Product Roadmap

Monday, October 3 | 12:30 p.m. Moscone West - 3002/3004

In this session, Paco Aubrejuan, general manager of PeopleSoft, discusses the investment strategy for Oracle's PeopleSoft Emterprise family of applications, including feature packs, off-cycle deliverables, and future major releases. You will learn how the PeopleSoft platform can deliver simplicity for your casual users and productivity for your power users and lower your total cost of ownership. The session will help you understand what the delivery of Oracle's next generation of applications—Oracle Fusion Applications 11g—means to PeopleSoft customers and the coexistence of Oracle Fusion Applications 11g with PeopleSoft applications.


Oracle's Product Value Chain Strategy: Solutions and Vision for PLM and PIM

Monday, October 3 | 12:30 p.m. Moscone West - 3014

In most industries, the speed at which you make decisions about the health of your product portfolio is the difference between success and failure. This session covers how Oracle can help you deploy a product value chain solution to systematically manage the quality and profitability of your products across your entire extended enterprise. See how Oracle's Agile product lifecycle management applications and Oracle Product Information Management provide a complete solution that enables companies to link and optimize their product and supply processes, from customer needs to portfolio management and design to release, enterprise quality management, and commercialization. Hear customers discuss how they design, deliver, and profit from the right products delivered to market at the right time.


Deloitte

Oracle Fusion Governance, Risk, and Compliance Applications Strategy/Roadmap

Sponsored by Deloitte

Monday, October 3 | 12:30 p.m. Moscone West - 3016

This kick-off session features the latest Oracle Fusion Governance, Risk, and Compliance updates and showcases the most-recent releases. One of the first companies to implement innovative GRC capabilities on Oracle Fusion technology, customer Qualcomm shares its business requirements, best practices, and deployment milestones on Oracle Enterprise Governance, Risk, and Compliance Manager. Additionally, attendees will get insight into the future of Oracle's GRC solutions with a general roadmap.


Deloitte

Oracle's EPM Strategy and Roadmap

Sponsored by Deloitte

Monday, October 3 | 12:30 p.m. Westin St. Francis - California East/West

In this general session for the Enterprise Performance Management (EPM) Track, Oracle's development executives highlight the company's vision for the EPM system: unifying performance management and business intelligence applications with BI technology. You'll find out what's new in Oracle's EPM solutions, what's coming in the future, and what the must-see sessions are in the EPM Track at Oracle OpenWorld 2011.


Deloitte

What's Next for Financial Management Solutions at Oracle?

Sponsored by Deloitte

Monday, October 3 | 2:00 p.m. Moscone West - 3002/3004

This presentation sets the stage for everything there is to learn about Oracle's financial management solutions at Oracle OpenWorld. It covers the key trends in finance and shares insights into the challenges faced by CFOs. It also highlights product innovations across Oracle's various product lines (PeopleSoft Enterprise, Oracle E-Business Suite, JD Edwards, and Oracle Fusion Financials) that address the challenges faced by finance and the CFO. You should plan to attend this session before you attend other financials session, to get an overview of what you can expect for the rest of the conference, such as additional sessions, demos, and panels.


Deloitte

Oracle Supply Chain Management—Strategy and Future Directions

Sponsored by Deloitte

Monday, October 3 | 3:30 p.m. Moscone West - 2002/2004

This session presents the overall vision, strategy, and direction for Oracle supply chain management. It highlights the key business issues and solutions for companies striving to be successful in today's uncertain business environment and discusses supply chain management best practices required for success in the complex global business environment. The presentation focuses on the latest and greatest innovations and advances in Oracle's SCM solution set and presents the strategic direction moving forward.


10 Things You Can Do Today to Prepare for Oracle Fusion Applications

Monday, October 3 | 3:30 p.m. Moscone West - 3002/3004

One of the main objectives of this session is to help organizations build their IT roadmap for the next five years and be aligned with Oracle strategy. Come to this session to hear about some of the common sense and practical steps that can be taken today to (1) increase the value of your Oracle Applications Unlimited (Oracle E-Business Suite and Oracle's PeopleSoft, Siebel, and JD Edwards EnterpriseOne applications); (2) be ready for Oracle Fusion Applications by leveraging future-proof solutions and technologies today; and (3) build your IT and operational skills for Oracle Fusion Applications. Each step you take in adopting Oracle Fusion technology gets you partway to Oracle Fusion Applications.


Project Portfolio Management—Transforming the Enterprise

Monday, October 3 | 3:30 p.m. Moscone West - 3014

This session is the starting point for your project portfolio management (PPM) experience at Oracle OpenWorld. It highlights Oracle's enterprise PPM vision and direction, with critical details on how Oracle is delivering against the enterprise goal. This is your opportunity to hear directly from Oracle's PPM thought leaders and learn about their key product initiatives, experiences with customers, and Oracle's continued focus on the only true enterprise PPM solution.


Deloitte

Oracle Supply Chain Product Roadmap and Executive Panel

Sponsored by Deloitte

Monday, October 3 | 5:00 p.m. Moscone West - 2002/2004

This session starts with an overview of Oracle's supply chain product roadmap and then presents a panel discussion by innovative, leading companies from various industries that have transformed their supply chains to meet the challenges of today's complex environment and drive leadership in the 21st century. The panelists discuss their supply chain strategies and how effective supply chain management has helped them meet key business imperatives in the current uncertain environment, including reducing costs, mitigating risk, achieving operational excellence globally, and driving growth and innovation.


Oracle Fusion Applications—Overview, Strategy, and Roadmap

Tuesday, October 4 | 11:45 a.m. Moscone West - 2002/2004

The time for understanding how, where, and why Oracle Fusion Applications fit into your strategy is now. This general session kicks off a week-long program covering the role of Oracle Fusion Applications in Oracle's strategy and how the unique design principles behind this next-generation suite of applications can benefit you today. See how customers across industries and worldwide are using Oracle Fusion Applications—in concert with their existing applications investments—for business gain and competitive advantage. Learn how the use of standards, embedded business intelligence and collaboration technologies, and a modular approach to adoption and deployment can help set a new standard for how you innovate, work, and adopt new technology. Arrive early to reserve your seat.


PWC

Charting Your Course with Oracle Human Capital Management Applications

Sponsored by PWC

Tuesday, October 4 | 1:15 p.m. Moscone West - 2002/2004

Managing talent, improving leadership development, increasing employee engagement, and strengthening strategic workforce planning are top priorities among HR organizations. To address these challenges, HR professionals need modern applications that deliver analytical insights, collaborative tools, and a personalized user experience to better support the enterprise. In this session, learn how Oracle is innovating across its PeopleSoft Enterprise, Oracle E-Business Suite, and Oracle Fusion Applications to help you deliver immediate business results. You'll walk away from the session armed with new techniques and the latest innovations for tackling key business challenges. Get the latest recommendations directly from product strategy leaders, and chart your course with Oracle HCM solutions.


Oracle Fusion Applications—Overview, Strategy, and Roadmap

Wednesday, October 5 | 11:00 a.m. Moscone West - 2002/2004

The time for understanding how, where, and why Oracle Fusion Applications fit into your strategy is now. This general session kicks off a week-long program covering the role of Oracle Fusion Applications in Oracle's strategy and how the unique design principles behind this next-generation suite of applications can benefit you today. See how customers across industries and worldwide are using Oracle Fusion Applications—in concert with their existing applications investments—for business gain and competitive advantage. Learn how the use of standards, embedded business intelligence and collaboration technologies, and a modular approach to adoption and deployment can help set a new standard for how you innovate, work, and adopt new technology. Arrive early to reserve your seat.

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Database


Extreme Data Management—Are You Ready?

Monday, October 3 | 2:00 p.m. Moscone - Hall D

Many IT organizations are faced with high-velocity data streams that generate exponentially growing volumes of data in a variety of different formats. So how do you consolidate, scale, and manage all this data in a secure, reliable, and cost-effective manner? More importantly, how quickly can you integrate and analyze all this data in a manner that delivers real business value? In this general session, Oracle Senior Vice President Andy Mendelsohn presents an update on the latest developments from Oracle Database Server Technologies and how to turn extreme data into business opportunity.


MySQL—The State of the Dolphin

Monday, October 3 | 12:30 p.m. San Francisco Marriott Marquis - Salon 9

Attend this executive session for a general update on Oracle's MySQL strategy and to learn about the latest key MySQL developments, including product releases, integrations, the roadmap, and community.


Deloitte

Oracle Is the Technology That Powers the Cloud

Sponsored by Deloitte

Tuesday, October 4 | 11:45 a.m. Moscone South - 103

Enterprises everywhere are adopting a cloud computing model through use of SaaS public clouds; building private clouds; and consolidating on shared, elastically scalable platforms and infrastructure. Oracle is the technology that powers most public clouds as well as private clouds today. Come to this session to learn how Oracle's comprehensive cloud strategy delivers the most complete and integrated cloud offerings in the industry, providing customers with choice and delivering unmatched business value.

The Only Complete Cloud Management Solution—Oracle Enterprise Manager

Monday, October 3 | 5:00 p.m. Yerba Buena Center - Novellus Theater

Get ready for a game changer. Attend this session for the launch of Oracle Enterprise Manager's latest release, and be among the first people to see Oracle's complete cloud lifecycle management solution. Receive a complimentary pass to the launch celebration reception following the session, where you will enjoy food, drinks, and an array of demos of the new product never viewed before.

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Industries


Wipro

Retail

Sponsored by Wipro

Monday, October 3 | 11:00 a.m. Palace Hotel - Concert

Changes in consumer dynamics, retail business models, and technology have created a highly complex retail landscape in which retailers have to cope with compressed decision cycles, reduced barriers to entry, quickly maturing brands, shrinking talent pools, and shortened product lifecycles. To navigate this new environment and meet their growth objectives, retailers must apply insight to drive better strategic and tactical decisions across the enterprise, optimize operations, and connect customer interactions to ensure that the value of every customer relationship is maximized across the full customer lifecycle. Retailers need to be engineered for success with an experience platform—and Oracle provides the technology, solutions, and expertise to create it.


Wipro

Utilities

Sponsored by Accenture

Monday, October 3 | 11:00 a.m. Palace Hotel - Gold Ballroom

Please attend the Oracle Utilities general session, which addresses some of the biggest challenges facing the utilities industry and how Oracle is prepared to help its valued customers meet those challenges. Don't miss the opportunity to hear more about market deregulation, changing business environments, the green agenda, rising customer demands, the smart grid, smart metering, and more. Find out how Oracle and its partners can help your utility be more successful through in-depth industry expertise, integrated end-to-end solutions, and mission-critical software that improves performance and reduces risk.


Wipro

Communications and Media

Sponsored by Accenture

Monday, October 3 | 11:00 a.m. Palace Hotel - Rose

In this tough economic environment, communications service providers and media companies need to find innovative new ways to grow the top line while improving efficiencies and delivering a differentiated customer experience. In this session, Oracle's most senior communications industry executive describes how Oracle is driving customer business value and transforming the industry landscape through cutting-edge thought leadership and innovation in software and systems.


Infosys

High Technology Industry—Building Enterprise Agility

Sponsored by Infosys

Monday, October 3 | 11:00 a.m. Palace Hotel - Sea Cliff

Come to this session to hear from Oracle speakers about relevant high technology industry trends and how to harness Oracle solutions to build the most agile enterprise, enabling you to successfully address today's and future challenges. Please reference Oracle OpenWorld's online "FOCUS ON: High Technology Industry" document to see a consolidated schedule for key high technology sessions and activities.


Tata Consultancy Services

Travel, Transportation, and Hospitality: Trends, Issues, and Opportunities

Sponsored by Tata Consultancy Services

Monday, October 3 | 11:00 a.m. Westin San Francisco Market Street - Concordia

The global travel, transportation, and hospitality industries are poised for growth and enhanced profitability in 2011 as travel and logistics demand rebounds around the globe. After focusing for years on cost reductions, the airline and hospitality industries need to focus squarely back on their customers and on bringing new services to market quickly. More than ever, it is critical for transportation and logistics companies to optimally deploy fleets, maximize fleet availability, and automate the complete quote-to-cash process. In this session, learn about key trends, issues, and opportunities in these industries and how you can meet these pressing industry challenges with Oracle's comprehensive portfolio of solutions.


The Future of Wholesale Distribution—Vision 2020

Monday, October 3 | 11:00 a.m. Westin San Francisco Market Street - Franciscan I

The wholesale distribution industry has been undergoing radical changes over the past few years, with the economic downturn, increased consolidation, and competition from alternative channels. This session reviews the current challenges and trends and Oracle's vision for the future of technology in the wholesale distribution industry.


Deloitte

Setting the Growth Agenda for Financial Services

Sponsored by Deloitte

Monday, October 3 | 11:00 a.m. Westin San Francisco Market Street - Metropolitan II

With the need for growth and the flexibility to expand into new geographies and add new products and channels while managing compliance and risk, financial institutions must transform the way they run their business. Compelled to diversify and offer various integrated global products, financial institutions are expected to be flexible and adapt to changing market dynamics while adhering to the latest industry regulations. They are forced to build next-generation banking models and cater to new customer segments with new sets of products and services. In this general session, Oracle's Financial Services management team outlines Oracle's strategy and how Oracle's hardware and software, engineered to work together, will address these next-generation requirements of financial institutions.


Wipro

Public Sector

Sponsored by Accenture

Monday, October 3 | 11:00 a.m. Westin San Francisco Market Street - Metropolitan III

This session headlines the Oracle OpenWorld Public Sector track. Please join Mark Johnson, Oracle senior vice president of Public Sector Sales, for an update on Oracle in government. He is joined by the track sponsor, Accenture, to discuss current topics such as cloud computing in public sector and how Oracle can help you achieve your organizational goals.


Wipro

Manufacturing 2012—Innovation/Performance/Superior Customer Experiences

Sponsored by Wipro

Monday, October 3 | 12:30 p.m. Palace Hotel - Gold Ballroom

The global manufacturing industry's recovery is well under way, and most sectors are forecasting strong growth ahead. Join Oracle and Wipro in this Manufacturing general session to learn how the most innovative and successful companies within the automotive, industrial manufacturing, and aerospace and defense industries are leveraging Oracle's solutions and partner network to shorten time to market, manage enterprise performance, and deliver superior customer experiences.


CSC

Strategies to Enable the Oil and Gas Predictive Organization

Sponsored by CSC

Monday, October 3 | 12:30 p.m. Palace Hotel - Rose

Kicking off the fifth annual Oil and Gas Day at Oracle OpenWorld, leading speakers from Oracle, CSC, and the industry discuss oil and gas industry strategy and solutions for the upstream, midstream, downstream, and trading sectors. In this session, Oracle and CSC talk about how technology will enable oil and gas companies to become more proactive; anticipate potential events; and then—with this knowledge—avoid or solve any issues as they drill, produce, transport, and deliver oil and gas. By being "predictive organizations," oil and gas companies will be able to lower operating costs, optimize drilling, increase production, and operate in a safe manner.


HCL

Oracle Health Sciences Vision and Strategy

Sponsored by HCL

Monday, October 3 | 12:30 p.m. Westin San Francisco Market Street - Metropolitan II

Personalized medicine holds the promise to address the cost and quality challenges facing the broader healthcare system. However, under the current paradigm, scientific breakthroughs take many years to reach clinical practice, and in order to preserve and even accelerate innovation, novel collaborative models are needed. These collaborative models will require new partnerships in the healthcare ecosystem, including providers, payers, government, academia, and the biopharmaceutical and medical device industry. Leveraging data from these sources and diverse populations from across the healthcare system will be essential. This approach will have major implications in the healthcare ecosystem and on IT strategies within these organizations. Learn more in this session.


Deloitte

Game Changer—Real-Time High-Performance Computing in Consumer Goods

Sponsored by Deloitte

Monday, October 3 | 2:00 p.m. Palace Hotel - Concert

The availability of SKU/store-level data, combined with the potential for real-time visibility into the demand chains of an organization, present today's consumer goods IT executives with the opportunity to deliver an unprecedented amount of decision-making power to their entire organization. Harnessing this data to create a competitive advantage requires a modern computing environment and is a potential game changer. In this session, Oracle presents case study examples of how CG companies and retailers have leveraged high-performance computing capabilities to deliver increased sales and margins. See how companies are changing the shopping experience, reducing costs, improving supply chain efficiencies, and driving profitability by embracing new computing paradigms.


Cognizant

Make Your Next Move Count—Priorities/Choices in Insurance Management

Sponsored by Cognizant

Monday, October 3 | 2:00 p.m. Westin San Francisco Market Street - Metropolitan II

Shorten time to market? Achieve customer service efficiency and effectiveness? Comply with new global regulations? Shifting and expanding business priorities are forcing insurers to continually realign and reprioritize technology investments to support new directions. In this executive general session with Oracle Insurance leaders, hear about the developing trends in the insurance industry as you make your next move in the high-stakes game of managing your business performance and IT strategy, including results from an industry survey Oracle sponsored with Insurance Networking News. You'll learn what's new in Oracle's adaptive solutions for the life, property and casualty, and health payer industries and what Oracle is doing to help make your next move a winning one.


Higher Education Solutions Roadmap

Monday, October 3 | 2:00 p.m. Westin San Francisco Market Street - Metropolitan III

Hear an update on the investment Oracle is making to support customers and extend its leadership in the higher education arena. This session provides an overview of current and future technology, applications, and hardware solutions that Oracle is developing to support the needs of higher education.


Deloitte

Healthcare That Works—The Global Experience

Sponsored by Deloitte

Monday, October 3 | 3:30 p.m. Westin San Francisco Market Street - Metropolitan III

This general session features a moderated panel of global healthcare experts who will share their health systems' viewpoint on what is working well and what lessons other countries can take away from their experiences. Global healthcare leaders will represent the United Kingdom, Asia, the U.S., and Canada. Topics covered include health reform, health information exchanges (HIEs), interoperability, and the successful implementation of health IT systems. The panel format allows for executives to engage and share with the audience.


Tata Consultancy Services

Oracle's Metals, Mining, and Forestry Value Chain Industry Strategy

Sponsored by Tata Consultancy Services

Wednesday, October 5 | 10:00 a.m. Palace Hotel - Concert

In this session, you will hear from leading experts about strategies and opportunities to improve operational efficiency and planning processes in the mining, metals, and forestry value chain. Oracle offers one of the largest portfolios of software for the natural resources sector, including strategic planning, intelligent and integrated operations, supply chain, enterprise management, and enterprise architecture solutions. Oracle's solutions are transforming the way the natural resources industry conducts business by helping the industry lower operating costs, optimize production, and operate in a safe manner.

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Middleware


Wipro

Oracle Fusion Middleware 11g—Foundation for Innovation

Sponsored by Accenture

Monday, October 3 | 11:00 a.m. Moscone - Hall D

Oracle Fusion Middleware 11g continues to be the #1 application infrastructure foundation available today. It enables enterprises to create and run agile, intelligent business applications while maximizing IT efficiency through full utilization of modern hardware and software architectures. In this general session, you'll hear from Oracle Senior Vice President Hasan Rizvi, who discusses the latest innovations in Oracle Fusion Middleware involving Oracle Exalogic and cloud computing. Hear also from leading companies how they have used Oracle Fusion Middleware as a foundation for innovation to extend the business value of their existing IT investments.


Oracle Business Intelligence Executive Briefing

Monday, October 3 | 11:00 a.m. Moscone West - 2002/2004

In this session, Oracle's senior business intelligence development leadership discusses the latest innovations and product direction for BI technology and applications. In addition to providing new and exciting product news, the session will serve as your roadmap for all things related to business intelligence at Oracle OpenWorld 2011. If you are interested in BI, this is a must-attend session that will help you kick off your week and map your plans for BI at this year's conference.


An Inside Look into Oracle Fusion Applications and Oracle Fusion Middleware

Monday, October 3 | 2:00 p.m. Moscone West - 2002/2004

This session shows why Oracle Fusion Middleware matters to Oracle Application and Oracle Fusion Application customers. Gain new insights, and learn the strategic value Oracle Fusion Middleware provides to Oracle Fusion Applications—specifically how Oracle Fusion Middleware coexists with and leverages Oracle Applications such as Oracle E-Business Suite and Oracle's PeopleSoft, Siebel, and JD Edwards applications. Get a look at the Oracle Fusion Applications architecture and the usage of Oracle Fusion Middleware products such as Oracle Application Development Framework, Oracle SOA Suite, Oracle Business Intelligence, Oracle WebCenter, and Oracle Identity Management. See how customers have implemented Oracle Fusion Middleware to improve business-user productivity and lower IT costs.

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Oracle Develop


What's New and Improved and Coming in Oracle Application Development

Monday, October 3 | 11:00 a.m. San Francisco Marriott Marquis - Salon 9

This general session takes a look at what's been new in the last year in Oracle Database Application Development tools. Topics range from Oracle SQL Developer and Oracle Application Express to Java and PHP.


Evolving Beyond Enterprise Web Application Development

Tuesday, October 4 | 10:15 a.m. San Francisco Marriott Marquis - Salon 9

If your Oracle Application Development Framework (Oracle ADF) deployments are evolving past the Web application, you can benefit from rich enterprise applications, server-side rich Web applications preintegrated with enterprise technology. In this session, you’ll learn about applications connecting RIA to portal and collaboration services, business process, and workflow and render them in browser clients or mobile devices. Mobile platforms such as Android and iOS are becoming more important as enterprise application delivery channels. Learn about the cutting edge of the development platform Oracle uses for its Oracle Fusion ERP apps and the latest developments in Oracle JDeveloper, Oracle ADF 11g, and Oracle WebCenter, such as Ajax-enabled Oracle ADF Faces rich client components.

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Server and Storage Systems


Server and Storage Systems Strategy

Tuesday, October 4 | 1:15 p.m. Moscone - Hall D

In this session, Oracle Executive Vice President John Fowler reviews the accomplishments of the Server and Storage Systems group over the past year and outlines its future direction.


Oracle Storage—Run Oracle Software Faster and More Efficiently

Monday, October 3 | 11:00 a.m. Moscone South - 103

For too long, storage was seen as a commodity—stripped of optimization so every byte was treated the same. Kick off your Oracle OpenWorld 2011 Storage Track experience in this session with key storage executives who present Oracle's views on business and IT trends, and learn how Oracle is driving a paradigm shift from storage as a commodity to application-aware storage and storage-aware applications. Find out how Oracle's portfolio of database, storage area network (SAN), network-attached storage (NAS), and tape storage products integrates with the Oracle stack, enabling you to accelerate applications, secure data, and maximize availability for Oracle software and mixed environments. Learn how other storage presentations and demos can help you make the most of Oracle OpenWorld 2011.


Oracle Solaris Strategic Directions Executive Panel

Monday, October 3 | 12:30 p.m. Moscone South - 103

This general session covers the strategic direction of Oracle Solaris and its roadmap and hosts an interactive discussion with the Oracle Solaris core development executives. They discuss their priorities and directions for the Oracle Solaris product for the near term and future releases. The session gives attendees a unique opportunity to get their questions answered by the team that sets the direction for Oracle Solaris.


Oracle Linux Strategy and Roadmap

Monday, October 3 | 3:30 p.m. Moscone South - 103

Launched five years ago, Oracle Linux is in its third major release and provides a fast, modern, reliable Linux platform used by thousands of customers worldwide. Used internally by Oracle's development and Global IT teams, heavily tested for datacenter and cloud deployments, and backed by an enterprise-class support program, Oracle Linux is designed for customers running mission-critical applications on Linux. In this session, Oracle executives discuss Linux strategy; the roadmap; contributions to the Linux mainline kernel; and what's in store for upcoming releases of Oracle Linux, including the Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel. Learn details about the key focus areas for Oracle's kernel team, such as file systems, memory management, virtualization, and performance on large x86 systems.


Oracle Virtualization Strategy and Roadmap

Tuesday, October 4 | 10:15 a.m. Moscone South - 103

Oracle offers the industry's most complete and integrated virtualization portfolio, enabling users to realize benefits beyond simple consolidation. Join Oracle executives and experts to learn about Oracle's desktop-to-datacenter virtualization solutions that can help you virtualize and manage complete hardware and software stacks. In this session, you will get details of the latest product updates and strategy, product roadmaps, performance optimizations, integration with enterprise applications, and real-world examples of how Oracle server, desktop, and storage virtualization are benefiting customers. This is a "do not miss" session for all Oracle OpenWorld attendees.

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